trying

Linode/c2.yml

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
     - vars.yaml
   vars:
     # Default values for required variables
-    ssh_user: "{{ ssh_user | default('root') }}"
     linode_region: "{{ linode_region | default(region_choices | random) }}"
-    plan: "{{ plan | default('g6-standard-1') }}"
-    image: "{{ image | default('linode/debian11') }}"
+    plan: "{{ plan | default('g6-standard-2') }}"
+    image: "{{ image | default('linode/kali') }}"
     
     # Generate random instance name if not provided
     c2_name: "{{ c2_name | default('node-' + 9999999999 | random | to_uuid | hash('md5') | truncate(8, True, '')) }}"
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
         type: "{{ plan }}"
         region: "{{ linode_region }}"
         image: "{{ image }}"
-        root_pass: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length=24 chars=ascii_letters,digits') }}"
+        root_pass: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length=16') }}"
         authorized_keys:
           - "{{ lookup('file', ssh_key_path) }}"
         state: present
@@ -72,12 +71,13 @@
             msg: "Could not connect to C2 server via SSH after multiple attempts"
           when: ssh_test.rc != 0
 
+    # Fix: use hardcoded "root" instead of a nested templating expression
     - name: Add C2 to inventory
       add_host:
         name: "c2"
         groups: "c2servers"
         ansible_host: "{{ c2_ip }}"
-        ansible_user: "root"  # Hard-coded instead of using ssh_user
+        ansible_user: "root"
         ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "{{ ssh_key_path | replace('.pub', '') }}"
         ansible_ssh_common_args: "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"